Multicultural music workshops for schools
AFRICA music workshop
Our African workshops bring rhythm, dance, song, culture and fun! Together we explore the story of different instruments from across the African Continent. A popular workshop for Black history month, African World heritage day and supports history, geography and African art projects.
AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND music workshop
We go on walkabout to explore the music of the Original People of Australia, commonly known as the aboriginals, especially the extraordinary Yidaki and plastic didgeridoos for all to play. Then it’s war and peace (Haka dances) with the Maoris of New Zealand.
CHINA music workshop
Our Chinese workshop is like a self-contained mini festival! It’s a vibrant, colourful, extravaganza. From stomping Lion dances and swirling Dragon dances with drumming, to spiralling red ribbons and spinning brollies, to graceful fan dances serenaded by gentle harp and flute. Perfect for Chinese New year projects or celebrations.
HAWAII and POLYNESIA music workshop
In this music workshop we journey to the warm pacific islands of Polynesia. Hawaii, where we’ll dance Hula, play on traditional Hawaiian musical instruments and learn a little folklore too.
Then we’ll travel to other Polynesian islands, New Zealand, for both warring and peaceful hakas, Tahiti and the Cook islands, for more dance and the Solomon Islands for a vibrant call and response canoe song.
INDIA music workshop
India is often described as a country of extremes, and especially so when regarding the senses. In this music workshop we experience colour, noise, and sound textures through interaction with the instruments and dance of India, both North and South.
From vibrant collective drumming and raucous, spinning bhangra dance, to sparkling, majestic, stilling drones of the Indian band, when teachers are often surprised at the tangible calm in the hall, created by the children.
JAPAN music workshop
This music workshop features thundering taiko drumming, and at the other extreme, zen like calm fan dances with our japanese bamboo flute (shakuhachi) and koto (harp). Also includes authentic costumes, Bon Dance and much more.
RAINFOREST music workshop
A rainforest ramble – but a quiet one! As we practice our listening skills, including… navigation games with only our hearing as a guide, creating our own layered soundscapes after discovering who is making the rainforest sounds and how they change over the course of a day and making music in some of the most ancient ways directly inspired by nature.
ROUND THE WORLD music workshop
Our best loved world music workshop featuring a small museum’s worth of unique instruments, dance & song primarily from AFRICA, INDIA, CHINA, & AUSTRALIA. Hands on, inclusive and FUN!
ROUND THE WORLD 2 music workshop
It’s hard to get around the world in one workshop, so here’s another! This music workshop has more of Earthong’s instruments and activities not covered in ‘Round the World 1’
SUPER SOUND SCIENCE music workshop
Sound Science made SIMPLE & FUN!
By using inspiring, fun & practical demonstrations, we explore questions such as ‘How do we hear?’. ‘How do instruments work? and ‘What are they made from?’ We DEMISTIFY the sciencey jargon!
And of course, it’s HANDS ON with many weird, wonderful & fascinating instruments including a range of huge GONGS!
AMAZING AMERICAS music workshop
This workshop offers a hands-on journey from America’s north, making mountain music in Appalachia, trying traditional First Nation (Native American) music and dance, then heading south to sample Peruvian percussion and the sizzle of Brazil’s samba beats and Capoeira!
EARLY YEARS world music experience
A special playful version of our well loved ‘round the world’ music workshop made for the little ones!
Lots of music making, both quiet and LOUD! dances, songs, interaction and a heaped spoonful of fun and laughter!
A non-stop music party!
OCEANIA music workshop
This music workshop is a bumper collection of oceanic ingredients.
We travel from Australia, looking at the original people’s traditional music and instruments, to New Zealand, where we dance both the warful and peaceful hakas, though some of the many Polynesian islands with their connected cultures bringing us canoe songs and stomping dances. Then all the way up to Hawaii for Hula dance and our Hawaiian bands with traditional instruments… and lots more.
World Ocean Day is June 8th!
DRUMS OF THE WORLD music workshop
A percussive parade around the planet. With one of the most ancient of all the world’s musical instruments, We journey from Greenland, through Ireland and Europe, to Africa and India, Asia and the Americas. Drums that ring, sing, talk, and make you dance! Drums of sea-sounds and log drums from the forests and Pacific islands. We look at how such drums are made and what they are used for culturally. And of course there will be drumming games for fun hands-on experience.
COMMUNITY music workshop
This music workshop is a collection of fun musical games including drumming, (the favourite) with full size drums for all, boomwhackers (musical tubes) ocean drum and other gentler instruments for quieter moments of relaxing and recovering!
We have delivered different versions of this workshop for scouts, cubs, guides, brownies, and at many local community events.
SEND music workshop
This is where Earthsong began all of its work, nearly thirty years ago!
Today, our SEND music workshops are approached with sensitivity, both for the group and individuals. We adapt activities, equipment and workshop content to suit all abilities, preferences and sensitivities. We make sure that these workshops are still as hands-on as is possible – though sometimes they might be more feet-on or whole body!!